Ed Greenwood

Forgotten Realms Creator

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July 8 2025

Dragon Delves

(Dungeons & Dragons)
A book of 10 dragon-themed adventures.
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August 1 2025

Pets & Sidekicks

(Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition)
Pets and companions for your Level Up characters!
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August 19 2025

Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Companion book to Eberron: Rising From The Last War
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September 16 2025

Heroes of the Borderlands

(Dungeons & Dragons)
New D&D starter set.
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November 1 2025

Forgotten Realms Player Guide

(Dungeons & Dragons)
First 5E player's guide for the setting.
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November 1 2025

Forgotten Realms Adventure Guide

(Dungeons & Dragons)
DM’s book digs into different parts of the Realms.
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Yes, I’m the guy who created the Forgotten Realms. Back in the spring of 1965. You read that right: 1965, about a decade before D&D, which came along in 1974, and wasn’t seen by most of the world (all the places that weren’t colleges in or near Wisconsin) until 1975. This column is part of the D&D/RPG History series.

Greenwood's Realms

Oct 9, 2020

Can I Be In Your Secret Club?

Greenwood's Realms

Sep 24, 2020

One Player One GM

Greenwood's Realms

Aug 18, 2020

Ed Greenwood: In Memory Golden

Greenwood's Realms

May 29, 2020

Day Jobs For Adventurers

Greenwood's Realms

May 8, 2020

Putting The Awe Back In Magic

Greenwood's Realms

Apr 17, 2020

The Haunted Castle

D&D General

Not Another Cunning Plan

Greenwood's Realms

Mar 6, 2020

Playing Nicely In The Sandbox

Greenwood's Realms

Feb 21, 2020

Finishing Touches For Rethmar

Greenwood's Realms

Jan 30, 2020

Tongues Wag In Rethmar

Greenwood's Realms

Dec 28, 2019

Settling Down And Making A Place Home

Greenwood's Realms

Dec 3, 2019

Making Rethmar Come Alive

Greenwood's Realms

Nov 4, 2019

RETHMAR, Rathole of the Shaar

Greenwood's Realms

Oct 11, 2019

Getting A Realms Campaign Up And Running

Sep 21, 2019

Making The Realms Come Alive

Greenwood's Realms

Sep 2, 2019

Ed Greenwood: A World of a Thousand-Thousand Stories

Greenwood's Realms

Aug 18, 2019

Ed Greenwood: The Origins of Mirt the Moneylender

Greenwood's Realms

Aug 4, 2019

Ed Greenwood: How The Realms Began

Aug 4, 2019

Ed Greenwood: How The Realms Began

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